Conference

National Conference on SHG Federations - Challenges and Way Ahead, 2010, Pune

The National Conference on SHG Federations - Challenges and Way Ahead, Pune was organized by Chaitanya in collaboration with Bank of Maharashtra, College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Enable (formerly known as National Network of Resource Organisations), Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Sa-dhan, State Bank of India and Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration
(YASHADA) on 4th and 5th of March 2009 at YASHADA and CAB respectively.

Objectives

Create a platform among different stakeholders of the Self Help Group (SHG) movement to share and understand:

Current status and different models - social, financial and livelihood - of SHG federations

Issues and challenges faced by federations especially those related to capacity building based on SHG networks and funds flow

The conference brought together 120 representatives of various stakeholders of the SHG movement in India, such as SHG members, Federation leaders and representatives of Self Help Promoting Institutions from 12 states of India, Policy Makers, Training Institutions, Technical Support Institutions, National Networks, along with representatives from various Banks and Experts from the field of SHGs and microfinance.